Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1887-05-06
Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner Accents
the Nomination for Governor
of Kentucky.
Mr.. WattersOn Entertains the COnyen-
tiOn With Lecture on Pat
ent Medicines.
Proposition at Washington to
Place Promotions Upon a
Basis of Excellence.
The Proceedings,


LOUISVILLE, May 4-The democratic
convention assembled at noon to-day, and
was called to order by Col. Stoddard John
son, chairman of the state central commit
tee. Over 700 delegates were present.
wATTERsoNs "wIT"
Henry Watterson addressed the conven-
ton. He said: "We have stumbled upon
times which, if they do not try mems souls,
are enough to nauseate dogs. Turn which
ever way you will. it shall 60 lucky with
you if you do not stick your nose in a bot
tie of patent medicine prepared for the re-
generation of mankind. The air is full of
nostrums. There is protectionist's won
derful iron tonic for making men rich by
taxation; there is mugwump's civil service
elixir for purifying the system and perpet-
uating liberty by the erection of an aris-
| tOcracy of Office on the ruins of the repre-
sentatives of the government; there is
frauds pauper patriotic liniment, which
promises to eXterminate vagabondage by
making every tramp a pensioner, and
| which we should have actually had ad-
mnistered to us, but for the fly which
Grover Cleveland dropped into the first
box of sentiment submitted to his nspec-
ton; there is that delicious sugar
coated, double-compound educational cap
sule, which is to be given TO every little
nigger in the land before he goes to bed
and when he gets up in the morning,
whereby he shall come forth a gentleman
and a scholar. And then there is Cox's
universal renovator and social. moral and
political cure-all teetOtal prohibition p0r-
Gus plaster, which will stick to you like a
brother and which is expected to convert
every drinking saloon into a temple Of.
worship and re-peOple the world with a
new race of red-nosed angels | am
against each and all of these quack rene
dies. They are the vaporngs of mock
sentiment and the bastards Of paternal H.
ccntiousness. They strike at the foot of
our constitutional system, which was con-
ceived in the right of man to govern him
self and brought forth to meet the evil that
mankind is governed too much
THE PLATFORM
The platform was written and drawn by
Hon. }. G. Carlisle and Henry Watterson
That part which is Of national interest and
which was adopted is as follows:
We declare our confidence in the integ-
dent Cleveland, and congratulate our coun-
try and party upon the accession OF demo-
cratic administration; and we particularly
applaud the president for the fidelity and
courage with which he has protected the
treasury from pilIage by the exercise of
his veto power. We favor honest virtual
reform, by which we mean the enforcement
of faithful performance by persons ap-
pointed to office of all public duties en-
trusted to them. and to this end as well as
to the maintenance OF the spirit Of our
form OF government we demand the
strictest str! ;it measure of party respon-
the Substitution in room Of thiis. Of the life
tenure Of the civil pension list and all other
appendages Of the bureau Of cereatic svs-
TEN foreign to the genius OF our institn
tiOns.
We declare the honest money of our con
stitution good enough for the people as ex-
pressed in gold and silver and paper con-
vertible into coin on dcmend and opposed
to all sumptuary laws.
We contend that there are all eady on
our statute books sufficient general laws
having local application to protect lhe
public morals without infringing on pri-
Vate rights.
We sympathize most earnestly with the
people Of Ireland in their struggle for
local self government
We view with alarm the growing ten !
dency among certain classes of citizens
to seek the aid and bounty OF the general
government. and as the incident of this !
tendency to enlarge the powers granted,
and to multiply the powers never con-
teInDIated by the constitution and we re-
assert that the time hOnOred doctrine that |
all powers not delegated to the United !
States are reserved to states respectively |
or to the people.
We denounce the present war tariff made |
to confuse as well as to harass the people |
as masterpiece of injustice in equality !
and false pretence.
THE NOMINATIONS
Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner was nom
mated for governor shortly before mid
night. General Buckner was sent for and |
escorted to the stand, where he made
speech and was applauded
Hon. John G.. Carlisle was
made permanent chairman of the state
central committee.
Revising the Civil Service Rules.
WAsHISGToN, May 4,-The civil service |
will tomorrow place before
the president for his approval a revision of
the civil service rules and regulations,
which will place the question Of promo
ton in the several departments of the gov
ernment upon the basis Of excellence, to
be determined by competitive examina-
ton, which will be conducted by board |
of examiners selected by the commission. |